2 Fitzroy Close, Southampton, SO16 7LW

2 Fitzroy Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southampton (SO16 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 880 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 82 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 37.1% above the 2007 sale price.